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Cowon iAudio 9 review

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Verdict

A clunky touch interface and some unintuitive menus leave this far behind the iPod nano

Review Date: 7 Jan 2010

Reviewed By: David Bayon

Price when reviewed: £84 (£99 inc VAT)

Overall Rating
3 stars out of 6

Features & Design
3 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
4 stars out of 6

Details
Part Code iAudio 9
Review Date 7 Jan 2010
Price ex VAT £84
Price inc VAT £99
Overall rating 3 stars out of 6
Performance 4 stars out of 6
Features & Design 3 stars out of 6
Value for Money 3 stars out of 6
Basic specifications
Media player storage type Flash memory
Capacity 8GB
Screen size 2.0in
Other features
USB charging? yes
Data connector type Proprietary
Screen size 2.0in
Resolution 320 x 240
Wired remote? no
Dimensions
Dimensions 43 x 8.6 x 95mm (WDH)
Weight 40g
Audio codec support
MP3 support yes
WMA support yes
AAC support no
OGG support yes
FLAC support yes
ATRAC support no
WAV support yes
ASF support yes
AIFF support no
Video codec support
DivX support no
XviD support yes
H.264 support no
WMV support yes
AVI support yes
MP4 support no
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User comments

Yes, an iPod Nano is £20 more, for which you're paying for far inferior sound quality, significantly fewer file types and the nightmare of iTunes. Oh, and a prettier interface.

By RedCitrus on 11 May 2010

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